ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

Hong Kong businesses involved with the export of solar panels from mainland China to the EU will have been holding their breath over whether the European Commission would give in to the EU industry’s demands for an expiry review. The industry has been mounting a last-ditch effort to keep the EU tariffs on imports in place, even though this would likely trigger trade tensions with Beijing. More

China’s kitchen appliance market has expanded considerably over recent years. It is estimated that the total value of China’s kitchen electrical appliance market exceeded RMB96 billion in 2017. Among the most in demand products were range hoods, water heaters, gas stoves and rice cookers. In addition to energy efficiency, ‘going smart’ is also an important development in the market. Industry sources predict that smart kitchen appliances will have a penetration rate of more than 20% by 2020. More

Canada has made preliminary affirmative determinations in its AD and CV investigations of mainland Chinese sucker rods. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal will next determine whether the dumping and subsidisation of these products has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry. More